The Sharing Ceremony - Plateau Indians in Olden Times

For Kids

Sharing was a way
of life for the people of the Plateau. They believed no one
could survive on their own.

To teach children to share, the
first time a child caught a fish or collected berries or nuts or roots, that
food was always given away to other members of the family in a special
ceremonial meal.Everyone invited to
the feast shared in the food except the guest of honor, the child. The child did
not go hungry but he or she could not eat any of the food served at the
ceremonial feast.